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You can now easily add Ixquick to your list of Firefox search engines. Search engines appear in the drop-down menu next to the search bar inside your Firefox browser. The settings you saved in 'Settings' will be respected.

You can now easily add Ixquick to your list of Iceweasel search engines. Search engines appear in the drop-down menu next to the search bar inside your Iceweasel browser. The settings you saved in 'Settings' will be respected.

You can now easily add Ixquick to your list of Icecat search engines. Search engines appear in the drop-down menu next to the search bar inside your Icecat browser. The settings you saved in 'Settings' will be respected.

Unfortunately your current browser does not support the use of search plugins. The Ixquick search plugins work on Internet Explorer 7.0+, on SeaMonkey, on Firefox and on Google Chrome.

You can now easily add Ixquick to your list of Internet Explorer 7+ (IE7+) search providers. Search providers appear in the drop-down menu next to the search bar inside your IE7+ browser. The settings you saved in 'Settings' will be respected.

You can now easily add Ixquick to your list of Internet Explorer 7+ (IE7+) search providers. Please use the following urls from the official Internet Explorer Add-on Gallery, to download and install the plugin for IE 9+.

After installing, choose Ixquick from the address bar's drop-down menu.Now you're ready to search: just enter a search term and press Enter!

You can now easily add Ixquick to your list of SeaMonkey search engines. Search engines appear in the drop-down menu of sidebar when clicked on "Search" button next to the address bar inside your SeaMonkey browser.

You can now easily add Ixquick to your list of Google Chrome search engines. After clicking 'Install' you will be asked for a name and keyword that you have to use with your search terms. For 'name' you may use 'Ixquick HTTP(S) - UK' and for 'Keyword' you may use 'ixquick.com'. The settings you saved in 'Settings' will be respected.

If automatic installation doesn't work, please use the following urls from the official Internet Explorer Add-on Gallery, to download and install the plugin.

If Ixquick is not successfully added, this may be caused by using the 'New Incognito Window'. Closing the "Incognito Window" and then trying again may solve the problem.

After installation you can set Ixquick as your default search engine as follows:

Click the Wrench icon

Go to the Wrench icon -> Settings.

Go to the settings icon -> Settings.

Go to Options -> Basics.

Select Preferences -> Basics.

Go to Settings -> Basics.

Click on "Manage" button in the "Default Search" section.

Click on "Manage Search Engines" button in the "Search" sction.

Click on "Manage" button in the "Search" section.

Click on the Ixquick entry in the "Other Search Engines" section and click "Make Default".

Click "Close".

Click OK.

Close this settings tab.

Close Preferences.

Close Preferences tab.

To search, just enter a search term in the address bar and hit [enter].

If you decide not to make Ixquick your default search engine, you can still search using Ixquick from the address bar by entering 'ixquick.com', followed by a space, followed by your search term.

Or go to the SeaMonkey Preferences => Category "Navigator" => Internet Search => Change the "default search engine" in the drop down menu to "Ixquick".

CAUTION: You are presently using Firefox 1.5 or older which does not support the more private "POST" search option for this plugin. If this is a concern to you, please consider upgrading to a more recent version of Firefox.

Unfortunately your current browser does not support the use of search plugins.

Currently there is no solution available to add a Plugin for Ixquick to your Camino browser.

Note to users of Opera 16 and below: Opera has disabled support for custom search engines. As such, it is no longer possible to add Ixquick directly to your browser, but you can still use Ixquick to conduct searches.

Upgrading to Opera 17+ will allow you to add Ixquick as a search provider in Opera. To upgrade, please visit http://www.opera.com/.

You can also use Ixquick as the default search engine within the address bar of the Safari browser. To do so, please install our browser extension by following the steps below. No other browser settings will be changed.

Enable extensions in your Safari browser. To do so, click on the word 'Safari' in the Mac OS menu bar (next to the Apple icon). From the menu that appears, select Preferences, Extensions, and then change the On/Off switch to On. You may then close the Preferences display.

Double-click the file 'Ixquick-HTTPS.safariextz' from Safari downloads menu and click 'Open' if prompted.

A Safari browser prompt will open asking you whether you want to install it or not. Click the "Install" button to complete the process.

Now you are ready to perform Ixquick searches from your Safari Search bar. Enjoy!

System Requirements:

Internet Explorer 7.0+ (Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7)

Firefox 2.0+ (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)

SeaMonkey 1.1.16+ (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)

Icecat/Iceweasel 2.0+ (Windows, Linux)

Google Chrome 1.0+ (Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Linux, Macintosh)

EXPERTS ONLY: Find instructions here on how to make Ixquick your default search engine in the Firefox/Seamonkey URL location bar.

You can now easily add Ixquick to your Opera browser.The Ixquick search engine will then appear in the drop-down menu next to the search bar inside your browser. The settings you saved in 'Settings' will be respected.

You can add a custom search engine by opening Opera Settings, clicking 'Manage Search Engines', and then entering the following details under "Other search engines":

Then click "Done".

Ixquick searches may now be completed within Opera by typing the Ixquick keyword (for example, ix) into the address bar, followed by the search term.

Safari for Windows has been discontinued by Apple, and so a Ixquick browser extension is not available at this time. However, we have a toolbar which offers the same secure, private search features. Please click here to learn more about the Ixquick toolbar.

Currently there is no solution available to add a Plugin for Ixquick to your Camino browser.

There are known problems of Safari 3.2+ crashing when installing 3rd party plugins, like Acid search.Apple has been reported to be working on the problem.At this moment we therefore recommend NOT to donwload any plugins in combination with Safari 3.2+.

You can add Ixquick to the Safari search box via the third party Add-on "Glims". The settings you saved in 'Settings' will be respected.

5. In the box that pops up, a) type into the "Name" field: Ixquick b) in "Query URL" field, replace the http://www.google.com/q=#query# with the http://ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl?language=english_uk&query=#query# (make sure the URL contains '&query=#query#')

6. Click the "Add" button and scroll till you find the Ixquick entry and drag it with your mouse to the top (you could also choose to uncheck all the other search engines)

7. Close the Safari -> Preferences and restart Safari. Now Ixquick should be visible in your search box, type a search term and [Enter]

You can now easily add Ixquick to your Safari browser.The Ixquick search engine will then appear in the drop-down menu next to the search bar inside your browser.